Word forming game assembly

Abstract

A word forming game assembly for entertainment includes a panel, which comprises an array of elements. Each element can selectively present a first view, a second view, and a third view to a player. An integer generating device randomly generates an integer and presents the integer to the player. The player is permitted to select a set of the elements from the array of elements, based on the integer, for presentation of the second view. The second view of each element comprises a subset of letters of an alphabet. The player can select one of the letters from the subset of letters for presentation in the third view. The selected ones of the letters from the sets of the letters are required to comprise a word.

I claim: 
     
       1. A word forming game assembly comprising:
 a panel comprising an array of elements, each element being configured for selective presentation of a first view, a second view, and a third view to a player; 
 an integer generating device configured to randomly generate an integer and to present the integer to the player, whereupon the player is permitted to select a set of the elements from the array of elements, based on the integer, for presentation of the second view, the second view of each element comprising a subset of letters of an alphabet, such that the player can select one of the letters from the subset of letters for presentation in the third view, wherein the selected ones of the letters from the sets of the letters are required to comprise a word; 
 the panel comprising a board having a plurality of indentations positioned in an upper face thereof, the indentations being semi-spherically shaped; 
 each element comprising a ball, the ball being selectively positionable in a respective indentation, the ball having a band engaged thereto and extending around a circumference thereof defining a first surface and a second surface of the ball, the first surface, the second surface, and the band corresponding to the first view, the second view, and the third view, respectively, and; 
 an instruction comprising a set of rules for playing a word forming game utilizing the board and the plurality of balls, wherein a player first utilizes the integer generating device to generate the integer, rotates a set of balls based on the integer from the first view to the second view, positioning the player for forming a word comprising one letter selected from each of the subsets of letters on the second surfaces of the set of balls, and for displaying the formed word by rotating the balls of the set of balls such that the bands of the balls of the set of balls are perpendicular to the panel and the selected letters are topmost. 
 
     
     
       2. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the array of elements is positioned in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. 
     
     
       3. The word forming game assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of rows is numerically equivalent to the plurality of columns, such that each row and each column comprise an equivalent quantity of elements. 
     
     
       4. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the panel and the integer generating device comprise an electronic device, the electronic device comprising:
 a housing defining an interior space; 
 a microprocessor coupled to the housing and positioned in the interior space, the microprocessor being configured for randomly generating an integer; 
 a primary display coupled to the housing and being operationally coupled to the microprocessor, the primary display being touch-enabled; and 
 programming code positioned on the microprocessor enabling the microprocessor for:
 commanding the primary display to present the array of elements to the player in the first view, 
 generating an integer corresponding to the quantity of elements the player is allowed to change from the first view to the second view, 
 commanding the primary display for converting the set of elements, upon touching thereof in sequence by a finger of the player, from the first view to the second view, and 
 commanding the primary display for converting an element of the set of elements from the second view to the third view upon touching by the finger of the player, positioning the player for selecting one letter from each subset of letters for creating a word. 
 
 
     
     
       5. The word forming game assembly of  claim 4 , further including a number display coupled to the housing and being operationally coupled to the microprocessor, the number display being touch enabled, wherein the number display is configured for being touched by the player for signaling the microprocessor for randomly generating an integer and for commanding the number display for presenting the integer to the player. 
     
     
       6. The word forming game assembly of  claim 4 , further including:
 a timer coupled to the housing and positioned in the interior space, the timer being operationally coupled to the microprocessor; 
 a time display coupled to the housing and being operationally coupled to the microprocessor; and 
 the programming code enabling the microprocessor for initiating the timer upon presentation of the integer to the player and commanding the time display for displaying a countdown time. 
 
     
     
       7. The word forming game assembly of  claim 4 , further including the programming code enabling the microprocessor for defining a starting grid within the array of elements such that a first set of elements in a game must comprise at least one of the elements positioned within the starting grid. 
     
     
       8. The word forming game assembly of  claim 4 , further including:
 a score display coupled to the housing and being operationally coupled to the microprocessor; 
 a data storage module coupled to the housing and positioned in the interior space, the data storage module being operationally coupled to the microprocessor; and 
 the programming code enabling the microprocessor for checking the word created by the player against a dictionary positioned on the data storage module, assigning a point value to the word, and commanding the score display to present at least one of the point value and a total score for the player. 
 
     
     
       9. The word forming game assembly of  claim 4 , further including:
 a button coupled to the housing and being operationally coupled to the microprocessor; and 
 the programming code enabling the microprocessor for shuffling the elements in the second view, upon the button being actuated, such that the letters comprising the subsets of letters are altered. 
 
     
     
       10. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the letters of the third view are dimensionally larger than the letters of the second view; and 
 the subset of letters comprising between two and ten letters. 
 
     
     
       11. The word forming game assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the subset of letters comprises six letters. 
     
     
       12. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of balls is numerically equivalent to the plurality of indentations. 
     
     
       13. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the integer generating device comprises a die. 
     
     
       14. The word forming game assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the die is six-sided. 
     
     
       15. The word forming game assembly of  claim 1 , further including a lid shaped complementarily to the board and being configured for reversibly engaging the board for covering the upper face with the balls positioned in the indentations, the lid having a plurality of holes positioned therein, each hole being aligned with a respective indentation, such that the balls are positioned for being selectively rotated within the indentations. 
     
     
       16. A word forming game assembly comprising:
 a panel comprising an array of elements, each element being configured for selective presentation of a first view, a second view, and a third view to a player, the array of elements being positioned in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the plurality of rows being numerically equivalent to the plurality of columns, such that each row and each column comprise an equivalent quantity of elements; 
 an integer generating device configured to randomly generate an integer and to present the integer to the player, whereupon the player is permitted to select a set of the elements from the array of elements, based on the integer, for presentation of the second view, the second view of each element comprising a subset of letters of an alphabet, such that the player can select one of the letters from the subset of letters for presentation in the third view, wherein the selected ones of the letters from the sets of the letters are required to comprise a word; 
 the panel comprising a board having a plurality of indentations positioned in an upper face thereof, the indentations being semi-spherically shaped; 
 each element comprising a ball, the ball being selectively positionable in a respective indentation, the ball having a band engaged thereto and extending around a circumference thereof defining a first surface and a second surface of the ball, the first surface, the second surface, and the band corresponding to the first view, the second view, and the third view, respectively, the letters of the third view being dimensionally larger than the letters of the second view, the subset of letters comprising between two and ten letters, the subset of letters comprising between four and eight letters, the subset of letters comprising six letters, the plurality of balls being numerically equivalent to the plurality of indentations; 
 an instruction comprising a set of rules for playing a word forming game utilizing the board and the plurality of balls, wherein a player first utilizes the integer generating device to generate the integer, rotates a set of balls based on the integer from the first view to the second view, positioning the player for forming a word comprising one letter selected from each of the subsets of letters on the second surfaces of the set of balls, and for displaying the formed word by rotating the balls of the set of balls such that the bands of the balls of the set of balls are perpendicular to the panel and the selected letters are topmost; 
 the integer generating device comprising a die, the die being six-sided; and 
 a lid shaped complementarily to the board and being configured for reversibly engaging the board for covering the upper face with the balls positioned in the indentations, the lid having a plurality of holes positioned therein, each hole being aligned with a respective indentation, such that the balls are positioned for being selectively rotated within the indentations.